1. Manifest Destiny A Motivation for Settlement

2. Motivations for Westward Expansion Economic Land Manufacturing Settlement Have a fresh start Religious The Mormons

3. Trails West The Santa Fe Trail 780 Miles from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico The Oregon Trail Over 2,000 miles from Missouri to Portland, Oregon

4. Hardships of Settlement Movement Conflicts with Indians Disease Hunger Weather and the elements Why would people expose themselves to these hardships?

5. Manifest Destiny The belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican Territory and to civilize and settle it. This destiny was ordained by God. This was innevitable. John L. O’Sullivan coined the term.